The Only Solution To Terror: Courage and Solidarity
The Only Solution To Terror: Courage and Solidarity
Turkey has started to turn her face towards the Middle East since the beginnings of the 2000s until when she turned the other way. The increase in Turkey’s potency and the relatively good relations with the countries in the region made the global powers which directly or indirectly controlled these regimes anxious.   People’s demands for change in these countries were transformed into a chaos in a process called ‘Arab Spring’ and ethnic and religious-based conflicts were triggered. 
In this process, Turkey’s good relations with;
Iran, were seen as “establishing relations with a terrorist state” and criticized.
Syria, were seen as “establishing relations with a dictatorship” and criticized.
Egypt, were seen as “encouraging Sharia governments” despite the President Erdogan’s emphasis on secularism, and criticized.
Russia and other countries in the region, were seen as “shift of axis” because she turned his face to East, and criticized.
Turkey resisted these criticisms until the military operation in Libya in 2011 and maintained her position in favor of political dialogue.  Just before the Libya intervention, Turkey was planning to improve the situation via diplomatic means. In this context, a meeting was held and Erdogan and Kaddafi came together. However, France started an illegal military operation towards Libya disappointing the diplomatic proccess and causing chaos which deeply affected the African countries. 
While until the “Arab Spring” the world was dwelling in the possibility that the positive developments in Turkey could be an example to the Middle East, in the upcoming years the relations between Turkey and the countries in the region reached breaking point and many countries dragged into chaos. 
The fact that Turkey did not have the power to reverse the designing policies alone of the European countries, US and Russia, determined the strategic options regarding the process. Turkey’s becoming a target of the global terror recently is an outgrowth of this process. 
Otherwise how can one explain the terror against Turkey, as a country which hosts all people having different ethnic and religious identities and adopts a human-oriented approach in addressing the challenges, with ethnic and religious justifications?
All of these signify the ‘proxy wars’ against Turkey carried out through ‘subcontractor’ bodies.
In this asymmetric warfare in which the killed and the killer are the civilians, it should not be forgotten that the ones who give proxy are the global powers even though the ones who pull the trigger are the terrorist organizations. For the ones who create a chaos environment by making the ethnic and religious differences an apple of discord, are primarily responsible for the acts of terror.
While any terrorist activity carried out in any country reveals the feelings of solidarity, the terrorist activities in our country call forth a discourse of chaos which serves the perception that terror tries to create. Struggle against this kind of discourse should be seen as part of struggle against terrorism. It should also be noted that the only solution to terror is courage and solidarity.
Turkey, as a potential central power due to her historical and political mission, is an inevitable target of the external threats regardless of her preferences’ direction in world politics. Therefore, the only thing to do in the face of these threats is to follow a dynamic policy through diplomatic mechanisms. 
Record Date : 01.07.2016
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